LEGO Cars

In 2023, I wrote about this LEGO Mustang that I had purchased and assembled.  In that post, I shared my memories of LEGOs and how, as a senior citizen, I got started building LEGOs.  That same year, a post followed about a LEGO Camaro that I also built.

And then annually, I have purchased and written about the newest edition in the “Modular Building” series, the most recent I built being the Tudor building released in 2025.

With my love for cars and LEGOs, I sought out and discovered other car LEGO kits.  But thinking my readers might be tiring of these blow-by-blow posts about assembling these cars, I did not write about any of them at the time.  But after assembling my third car since that Camaro, I thought I would share, with fewer details these cars.

When I am assembling one of the buildings I have purchased, there are times when I am working on some feature that will reside inside the walls that is a real mystery as to what it will be when complete.  But raising the walls of the building brick layer by brick layer is never a surprise for me.  Not so for LEGO cars and once I discovered this for a third time, I thought it would be worth sharing.

The first of these three LEGO cars was a Lamborghini Countach that I began assembling while on a SibSab (Sibling Sabbatical) at my sister’s house.

One of the features in the thick instruction manual that I have particularly enjoyed is the inclusion of a history of the evolution of the vehicle.

It also never ceases to amaze me how building with mostly square and rectangular bricks of varying sizes can eventually sculp the sloping contour of the real car.  Admittedly, some parts of the car are created exclusively for that kit.  But it is always interesting to see how existing parts created for some other kits are repurposed.  For example, blades, tubes, wrenches and even bullwhips along with various bricks modeled the Countach’s 12-cylinder engine.

A unique feature of this car kit was the assembly of functioning “scissor doors.”

Once I had finished this kit…

… I knew I would want to build another LEGO car.

After creating the LEGO “Lambo,” LEGO released a 1961 Chevrolet Corvette.  While I do love the modern Corvettes, I was never enamored with the early models.  And so, I passed on that one.  But then I came across a Fiat 500 kit that as before, included the story of its evolution.

Having had my own Fiat 500, albeit a modern one, I thought this would be another fun one to build.

Being a smaller car, it was a smaller kit with my least favorite feature being a nonfunctioning steering wheel (and thus non-turning wheels).

But again, a unique engine…

… and a working convertible top.

As with the Lambo, it was a fun build.

Then in 2025, LEGO released a new car kit.

Carroll Shelby is a legend as a race car driver and car designer, but he is probably most well-known for his creation of the Shelby Mustang, also modeled by LEGO.

While this is another iconic car like the previous two LEGO kits, the Shelby Cobra is probably less well known.

It always entertains me to see how LEGO creates functioning steering with unique pieces.

And if you are wondering why there is a 100-dollar bill above the autographed glove box, legend has it that Carroll would tape one to the dashboard and offer his passenger the opportunity to keep it if he or she could snatch it before the car hit 60 miles per hour.

With the super quick acceleration of the large 427 cubic inch engine in such a small, lightweight car, passengers were pushed so far back in their seat, they could never reach it.

While it is not visible on the rear of the finished car, LEGO designed a complex series of bricks underneath the fenders to simulate the characteristic tapering of the actual car.

Overall, it was a very fun build.

Now you might be wondering where I have room to display these 1/14-scale models.  The first two reside on this nightstand…

… while my next three occupy space on our new TV stand.

Will I have space for more?  Only time will tell.